RESEARCH
TOWER
PADUA
ITALY, 2008
TOWER
PR–361
The technocentre project in Padua explores the intersection of function and landscape.
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PROGRAM
Construction of a tower including research laboratories, offices, auditorium, restaurants and shops, guest rooms and a parking lot.
DETAIL
Situation
Padua, Italy
Year
2008
Status
International competition
Site area
10 ha
Project area
90 000 m²
Client
The Industrial Zone and River Port Consortium (Consorzio ZIP), Padua
Architect
Dominique Perrault Architecte
DESCRIPTION
On a 10ha site, laboratories, offices, auditorium, restaurant, garden and parking are organized around an orthogonal grid which enhances existing infrastructure and allows for a modular phasing of the program.
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The first phase includes a tower housing laboratories and offices, whose composite draped envelope—metal mesh, windbreaks, and photovoltaic cells—optimizes light and energy. Floating above the base, it forms an atrium open to the environment, blurring the boundaries between inside and outside and asserting the building’s sculptural presence.
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